National Regional Profile: Toowoomba (C) - North-East (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 320016903   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
266
329
328
233
275
Unemployment rate%
5.2
6.2
5.9
4.3
4.8
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 200
1 236
1 267
1 253
-
Taxable individualsno.
4 497
4 594
4 694
4 769
-
Taxable income$m
155.9
164.5
179.4
190.1
-
Average taxable income$
34 657
35 816
38 217
39 867
-
Net tax$m
34.5
37.3
41.2
43.5
-
Average net tax$
7 673
8 117
8 767
9 126
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.1
22.7
22.9
22.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
4 134
4 200
4 277
4 341
-
Wage and salary income $m
130.2
136.1
144.0
151.8
-
Total income $m
136.3
142.6
152.8
160.5
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 499
32 406
33 672
34 957
-
Average total income$
32 969
33 958
35 736
36 961
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.1
52.7
52.9
52.8
-
Females%
46.9
47.3
47.1
47.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
23.3
23.4
23.9
24.3
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.4
23.0
22.7
22.6
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
22.4
22.0
21.4
20.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.5
20.6
20.5
20.5
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.3
10.9
11.4
11.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.4
6.3
6.2
-
Professionals%
-
17.7
17.6
17.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.1
6.2
6.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.4
11.4
11.5
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.1
2.0
1.8
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.9
17.7
17.9
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.4
5.5
5.5
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.7
10.9
10.9
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
11.6
11.8
12.3
-
Not Stated%
-
10.8
10.7
10.1
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
446
423
400
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
14.0
13.5
13.8
-
-
Total income$m
15.6
15.4
15.8
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
31 376
32 011
34 544
-
-
Average total income$
34 925
36 315
39 599
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
525
537
510
534
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
180
219
255
255
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
165
180
195
201
Total businessesno.
-
870
936
960
990
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
90
117
75
Employing businessesno.
-
-
33
57
60
Total business entriesno.
-
-
123
174
135
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
114
96
117
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
9
24
Total business exitsno.
-
-
114
105
141
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year